Chinese Lunar Stations and Indian <i>Nakṣatra</i>s in the Sui and Tang Periods
The twenty-eight “lunar stations” (<i>ershiba xiu</i> 二十八宿) are unique in Chinese intellectual history in that they served as functional equivalents for Indian <i>nakṣatra</i>s, which are also a type of lunar station (or mansion), but in practice these were quite different fr...
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MDPI AG
2023-10-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/10/1276 |